TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hansen,Valerie
TI  - The open empire: a history of China to 1800 
SN  - 978-0-393-93877-7
U1  - 951 23E
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - China / History / To 221 B.C
KW  - China / History / 221 B.C.-960 A.D
KW  - China / History / 960-1644
KW  - China / History / 1644-1795
N1  - Bibliogr. p. 431-443; The use of Pinyin -- Part I. Inventing China (ca. 1500 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) -- The beginnings of the written record -- The age of the warrior and the thinker : Double Ears and Confucius (770 B.C.E.-221 B.C.E.) -- The creation of empire (221 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) -- Part II. Facing west (C.E. 200-1000) -- China's religious landscape (200-600) -- China's golden age (589-755) -- The An Lushan Rebellion and its aftermath (755-960) -- Part III. Facing north (1000-1800) -- Coming to terms with money : the Song Dynasty (960-1276) -- The northern dynasties : non-Chinese rule in North China (907-1215) -- The Mongols (ca. 1200-1368) -- Continuing the war against the Mongols : the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) -- The Qing empire (1636-1800) -- Epilogue
ER  -